Bronwen Jones added: “Yes, apparently this IS the 1880s. Took me by surprise, too!”

Tory MP Christopher Chope blocks plans to make it illegal to take pervy pictures up women’s skirts

The lawyer, best-known for defending a series of celebrities in traffic cases, later added: “Firstly let me make this clear – people who look up women’s skirts are disgusting perverts, plain and simple.

“Also I welcome the new legislation. Anything that better protects women is vital.

“But just like a burglar alarm protects a house, I’m saying women can reduce the probability of these perverts targeting them by taking steps to protect themselves.

“In life you cannot completely absolve yourself of all responsibility for everything.

“We do not leave our cars unlocked and say it is only the thief’s responsibility if it is stolen. We lock them to defend them from thieves.

“So steps that minimise the risk of being targeted by an upskirting predator are behaving appropriately, in relation to alcohol, and dressing accordingly.”

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Gina Martin, 26, had fought for a change in the law after she became a victim when a man took a picture up her skirt at a festival in London’s Hyde Park last July.

Tory MP Sir Christopher Chope has regularly blocked private members bills because they aren’t fully debated in Parliament and he believes they “meddle in people’s lives”.

Legislation to ban upskirting is now set to be adopted as a Government bill, with a second reading in the Commons before the summer break in July.

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